Aven Alvarez
_001.jpg) Alvarez with the North Carolina Courage U23 in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aven Elizabeth Alvarez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 14, 2006[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Right back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| North Carolina Courage Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 42 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | North Carolina Courage U23 | 14 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2023 | United States U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | United States U-19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | United States U-20 | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2025 | |||
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Aven Elizabeth Alvarez (born November 14, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as a right back for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels. She won bronze with the United States under-19 team at the 2023 Pan American Games.
Early life
Alvarez was raised in a soccer family in the Fort Liberty area, the oldest of four children born to Laura and Daniel Alvarez. Her father, who serves in the United States Army, played professionally for USL First Division club Virginia Beach Mariners.[2][3] Alvarez joined the North Carolina Courage Academy at age 13, with her family moving to the Triangle so that she and her siblings could train at a higher level.[4][5] She became the captain of her Courage team and earned ECNL All-American honors in 2023.[2][6] Alvarez also played for the Courage's USL W League side, helping the team to the national title game in 2023 and becoming undefeated national champions in 2024.[7][8]
Alvarez committed to the University of North Carolina, the alma mater of her idol Emily Fox, during her junior year.[5][9] She graduated from Crossroads Flex High School one year early to begin college at age 17.[2][10]
College career
Alvarez appeared in all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels, starting 13, as a freshman in 2024. In the NCAA tournament, she started and played the full match in the semifinals (3–0 versus Duke) and the final (1–0 versus Wake Forest), helping North Carolina win its 23rd national title and first since 2012.[2][11] She started 15 games as a sophomore in 2025, but missed the NCAA tournament as the team lost in the third round on penalties.[2][12]
International career
Alvarez made two friendly international appearances for the United States under-17 team in 2023.[13] Later that year, she played all five games for the under-19 team, starting three of them, at the 2023 Pan American Games. The team won bronze as they played against other countries' senior sides.[14][15] She was called up to train with the under-20 team ahead of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[16]
Honors and awards
North Carolina Courage U23
North Carolina Tar Heels
United States U19
- Pan American Games bronze medal: 2023
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National team roster – 2025 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Aven Alvarez". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ Sugar, Luke (2024-09-19). "Aven Alvarez of the North Carolina women's soccer team gets an amazing surprise". Keeping It Heel. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ↑ Abramson, Evan (2024-02-26). "Financial aid program at North Carolina FC Youth Soccer promotes accessibility". Spectrum News 1 North Carolina. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gallup, Jasmine (2023-07-21). "The Women's World Cup Will Be Bigger Than Ever This Year—Especially in North Carolina, Where Soccer Stars Are Born". Indy Week. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ "ECNL Girls 2022-23 All-American Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 24, 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-03 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ↑ "Three W League players called up by the United States, fourth named as an alternate". USL W League. 2024-10-19. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ "NC Courage U23 claims 2024 USL W League title after second-half comeback". USL W League. 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ Clark, Travis (September 11, 2023). "SIMA Recruiting Roundup: September 11-17". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ Alongi, Tess (2024-10-05). "Players nicknamed the 'game changers' push UNC women's soccer past Louisville". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ Koh, Michael (2024-12-09). "UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ↑ Koh, Michael (2025-11-24). "UNC Women's Soccer's Season Ends in Penalty Shootout in NCAA Tournament Round of 16". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
- ↑ "U.S. U17 WNT Split Games Against England". United States Soccer Federation. February 19, 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-03 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ↑ Aven Alvarez at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ "U19 WNT Finish Second at Pan-American Games". United States Soccer Federation. November 6, 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-03 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ↑ "U.S. Under-20 Women's Youth National Team Will Play Two Matches Against Mexico in Athens, GA During Final Training Camp Before 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. 2024-07-01.
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- 2006 births
- Soccer players from North Carolina
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- North Carolina Courage U23 players
